CLIMATE CHANGE
"No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than that of climate change." ~President obama
Climate change (or global warming), is the process of our planet heating up. Scientists estimate that since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has caused the Earth to warm by approximately 1°C. While that might not sound like much, it means big things for people and wildlife around the globe. Unfortunately, rising temperatures don’t just mean that we’ll get nicer weather – if only! The changing climate will actually make our weather more extreme and unpredictable. As temperatures rise, some areas will get wetter and lots of animals (and humans!) could find they’re not able to adapt to their changing climate.
Over the past 100 years, industrialised countries have been burning large amounts of fossil fuels such as oil and gas. The gases released into the atmosphere during this process act like an invisible ‘blanket’, trapping heat from the sun and warming the Earth. This is known as the “Greenhouse Effect”.
Believe it or not, cows’ eating habits contribute towards climate change. Just like us, when cows eat, methane – a type of greenhouse gas – builds up in their digestive system and is released in the form of… a burp! This might sound funny, but when you imagine that there are almost 1.5 billion cows releasing all that gas into the atmosphere, it sure adds up!
Deforestation not only removes vegetation that is important for removing carbon dioxide from the air, but the act of clearing the forests also produces greenhouse gas emissions.Forests absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, and release oxygen back into it. The Amazon rainforest is so large and efficient at doing this that it acts like our planet’s air conditioner. Many rainforests are being cut down to make wood, palm oil and to clear the way for farmland, roads and oil mines.
Human activities such as the burning of oil, coal and gas, as well as deforestation are the primary cause of the increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.
GAS
From 1918-2013
This graph shows the total carbon dioxide emmisions by gas from the year 1918-2013 .This data shows the increase every 5 years.this is a very scary increase taking in to consideration that its only 100 years
SOLIDS
From 1918-2013
This graph shows the total carbon dioxide emmisions by solids from the year 1918-2013 . Types of solid fuels are wood, peat,coal, coke and biomass. The burning of these solids have increased rapidly and have caused an increase as shown in the graph.
LIQUIDS
From 1918-2013
This graph shows the total carbon dioxide emmisions by gas from the year 1918-2013 .This data shows the increase every 5 years.this is a very scary increase taking in to consideration that its only 100 years
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